TOP 5 FIVE MINUTE GAMES for English class

Welcome to LivelyLanguage! Here are my favorite 5-minute games to teach English!

[@angilif32]

Chinese whisper. You have your students seated in a group or a couple of groups and you whisper the vocabulary word you want to say. Each student has to whisper to the next, until the last student. The last student has to run up to the board and write down the vocabulary word correctly and quickly before the other team does.

[@bocherabrahmi4841]

very good one thank youu so much

[@LivelyLanguage]

Great idea! Thanks!

[@johnswaroop]

Could you please demonstrate and post to my channel !

[@farzanemolaie8183]

Oh yes that would be great thank you

[@rexdominic2512]

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[@osatoosagie7286]

I used board race yesterday in my class and it was fantastic - the students loved it. Thanks a bunch for sharing🤗

[@julia5050]

Great ideas, thank you! I'd like to add that "reversed charades" even work better than ordinary ones since everyone is definitely involved in this way. What I mean is that instead of one student showing and others guessing, it is done in the reversed way, one student is guessing and all the other students are showing. It's really fun!

[@El_Couch_Potato]

They all sound like a lot of fun,I'm from Syria and I recently started teaching middle school kids , thank you so much for the ideas

[@john-friend]

Noon-chi Game. Teach a sentence such as "I went to school yesterday." Students should stand up one at a time and say each word in the sentence in order. So the first student says "I" and the next student says, "went" and so on. If two or more students stand at the same time they are out and you start over from the beginning of the sentence. I will usually start the game by asking a question such as, "What did you do yesterday?" The game starts after the teacher asks the question. If a student says the wrong word then they're out. Play until you complete the sentence or all the students are out. You can also use numbers, the students' names, or almost anything instead of a sentence. When you use numbers, usually the last student that remains sitting is out.

[@MssMoli]

Great ideas! I love the board race. Thanks!

[@EduardoLopez-zr7mt]

Thanks Emily, simple and very helpful.

[@goenglishlive9542]

There are two games that we like to use. The first one is the MAD MINUTE , You draw a line on a the board or a notebook. then you set up a target question and your student has to give a 1 minute answer. We usually use WhatsApp to record it. The line on the board is there to grade the activity, you add lines above the line for every complete sentence or phrase and then you add lines below the line for every filler they use. (UMMS). The idea is to add them all up at the end and divide to get your score. Example in a minute she said 16 phrases and used 5 fillers. 16 divided by 5 gives you a score of 3.2 for the student.

[@LivelyLanguage]

Wow, great idea! Thanks for your comment, I'll be sure to try it out!

[@mimisat7996]

Just what I've been looking for. Thank you

[@bpanther7387]

Great games, thanks for sharing

Love how you give us tips

[@arunaravinth9549]

Great Ideas Mam😍

[@Cats5dogs]

RAHMET 🙏❤️ from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 🤗 I will use it in my class 👍

[@fabulouslemondrops]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@SamuelMalo]

I love Taboo cards... This really inproves because they try their best to explain in english.

[@MenagguerMamma]

I didn't get the idea of this game 🤔

[@gasparalonsomorenozuniga8708]

I'd love to learn Pre Int online 5-minute consolidation activities. Thanks for this video. I've already subscribed!

[@DombaBerbulu]

Thank you for sharing! hope you have a great life

[@nerminmemmedzade9042]

Thank you for your great ideas😊 They are really wonderful!

[@mohammedzahboune824]

Hello there! I'm a teacher of English. I really like your games. I've been teaching for 15 years now. I use board race and charades most of the time. Thanks

[@jessicadesouza7982]

I loved your ideas! Thank you so much! ❤

[@LiamLewisofficial]

I've always wanted to teach in Spain, I'm currently in china and have been for 5 years teaching. The only thing holding me back is that in Spain the pay is extremely low compared to china (from what I've researched) but if anyone has any tips or advice please let me know.

[@jesskaitlyn9419]

Hello I'm also a teacher in spain with the auxiliare de conversación program. I have done an altered version of charades where it's explaining the word instead of acting it (to improve their speaking skills) and they loved it. additionally, I'm going to use your other games thanks 😊

[@winacademytv4039]

Nice to see so many English teachers in Spain. We all should have an outing haha

[@bentleybrowningmusic7431]

Thanks...good reminder!

[@mohamadaliq4041]

I'm gonna use the category one with my language partner. thank you so much :)

[@goenglishlive9542]

The second game is about learning how to say something when you don't remember what it is. You give them a word or a phrase and they have to use other vocab to get their idea across.

[@shirleysun3539]

I guess you refer to the 3rd game Taboo

[@rosinasifah2785]

Go Englis Live

[@patypat20]

I loved the board game, I think my group of pre teens will love it

[@GABGOL7]

Thx for the ideas!

[@lauracontreras8585]

Awesome! Danke schön!

[@tcheryacine1924]

That's so interesting But could you please explain more about taboo cards?

[@umeadiebele4035]

Thanks so much for all these games I will definitely introduce them to my pupils

[@cishitest]

1. 0:44 2. 1:04 3. Taboo 1:25 4. 2:00 5. 2:30

[@fionagallagher9974]

Thank you

[@dinarabeissekbayeva3043]

Thank you very much,these games are really amazing I guess))

[@marwamahmoud]

Great job 💙

[@CJ-nv9xq]

These are great! Thanks :)

[@DamonHodgesOfficialPagePlus]

fantastic ideas, thanks for sharing :-)

[@naragarrido4446]

Thanks for these ideas!! I think I didn't get the idea of charades pretty well, but the others I loved them!

[@LivelyLanguage]

Thanks for your reply! Choose one student to have a "secret" vocab words in front of the class. He/she has to act it out without speaking and the other students guess. Whoever gets it correct is the next actor! 😊

[@evhytrajilias2504]

Wow I actually have done all the games in my class❤️😍it works really well

[@princesinday6570]

Goona use this later. Thanks. You just literally saved me. Hahaha

[@nyyma7720]

thanks for ideas ❤😍

[@joseferinarakow9789]

Im not an english teacher. Im a nurse who works with kids everyday. And i love this idea for my english activities especially on weekends. Thanks a lot

[@johnswaroop]

Nice comment

[@johnswaroop]

Wonderful

[@Bahar12369]

Thanks for sharing you game ideas. I liked your video. You speak so cute.

[@davidporrasmedia]

Im gonna use it, thank you soooo muchhhhh!

[@nizameddindayi]

perfect

[@mahdimohammadi5231]

this is the game i had played years ago, teacher says a word, and points a student to start the game, the students have to say a word with the last letter of the words they say, for example if someone says "minute" the other must say a word from E. this would help our spelling and writing.

[@juliaperalta6520]

This is wonderful! Thank you for the ideas. 😊

[@LivelyLanguage]

Thanks, Julia! I am glad you liked them! Stay tuned for next week's video! ;)

[@faroohi2069]

Hi.. Thanks alot for your tips.. It helped me alot

[@MenagguerMamma]

I didn't get the taboo game very well. Would yoy explain to me coz I'm gonna create an English club in the school where I teach and I am looking for a lot of games

[@ntwalilincorn2702]

I thank God to reveal me this place. I'm getting addicted to this memorable games🤗😍

[@yassinekarabadji2370]

U rock girl

[@teachermike1947]

Great Channel!

[@sarahhalimatujanah4471]

For the last game, maybe it's similar to a game named English Whisper? Or is it different? I haven't understood carefully..

[@mridulachawla26]

hey . just came across your page nd totally loved it 💕 can you suggest some game for teaching poetry or prose as well ?

[@LivelyLanguage]

Thanks! :) I did a Black Out Poetry craft with middle and high schoolers a while back and they loved it! They take an old book and circle words to make poems.

[@parisan1248]

that's great thanks

[@sametayaz7573]

Im gonna use thanks :)

[@tonmoymitro22]

Doesn't She look like Pam Bessly from the office? 😄, I love how she nods her head🥰

[@priscilacarvalho4856]

Hello! Any ideas for adults? I teach private students and it's one on one...most games are for groups :(

[@musondakalyoti4051]

Those are the worst lol

[@Ondrified]

Thank you :)

[@Viktoriia09507]

Thank you ❤

[@user-cy7qi5qb2o]

I'm sorry, i didn't get the first game. The point gets those team whose partisipant said the correct answer first? or both team can get a paint at the same time?

[@LivelyLanguage]

Yes, the point goes to whoever said it first. Sometimes if it's a tie I'll give a point to both teams. Hope that helps!

[@nmea0601]

Thanks for this 🤍🥀

[@chdz8872]

you saved me, I´ll prensent a class for parents, students and supervisor at the same time :´(

[@thewarriormentality4581]

thank you dear I am going to use board race in about half an hour

[@LivelyLanguage]

Good luck! I hope it went well!

[@nilambursafari]

Nice

[@spicymango92]

In Spain?? How has your experience been there? I teach in Korea and feel like I would LOVE Spain!

[@LivelyLanguage]

Cool! Teaching in Spain is a lot of fun! It doesn't pay well, but the lifestyle is worth it! I would love to go to Korea!

[@rabeehMadathil001]

❤️❤️❤️

[@renaexo6627]

Omg she's so cute and she looks like a child i was literally shoked when she said she's a teacher

[@jesusborque5959]

Two great games: broken telephone and Simon says

[@ShrikantInfoGraphic]

I am also a english teacher from india want some good warmers and worked with British council

[@afnanfathi1036]

Volume too slow. But great content.

[@LivelyLanguage]

Thanks for your feedback!

[@Zak_959]

Why do you look and sound cute and sweet?

[@allthegoodstuff3394]

US ... Sharayd... UK... Sharaad... Pronunciation of charade

[@theprincess3885]

You are so cute 💜

[@ganeyadav634]

Hi mam

[@TheVerkor]

Alright ... -_-

[@amanpreetsehgal6006]

Its starting from 00:33 seconds thank me later!!

[@serdarhesenquliyev1309]

Youvare talking so faster it is impossible to understand well

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

There's something I don't understand. "In real Taboo, you're not supposed to say the words under the target word." What ARE you supposed to say or do?

[@Zak_959]

I think you're supposed to say the words under the target and let the students guess the target word.

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

@@Zak_959 That's what I would have assumed. Maybe she mis-spoke? Anyway, thanks for the response.

[@achromatic6279]

@@KZbinallowedmynametobestolen the students need to provide some clues while avoiding the words in the card. This restriction makes the game a little harder.

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

@@achromatic6279 Oh, so kind of avoiding things that would be too easy or make the answer too obvious? That's great! Lower level players can use them, higher level players can't. I love finding ways to make a single game appropriate for multiple levels of participants. Thanks, Achromatic!

[@LivelyLanguage]

Thanks for your comment! The students are supposed to explain the word without saying it. I usually do a few examples by saying things like "This is an animal that lives in the ocean. It is big." (Whale). In real taboo, you can't say the other words, but since most students' vocabulary isn't large enough for that, the other words on the page help students come up with ideas (since giving the word alone, might also be too challenging, depending on your group). I hope this makes sense! Thanks for watching! :)

[@sadhanasaroj2341]

I didn't find it useful at all. I take better activities/games in my class

[@kevtherev8194]

BAD TEACHER - don”t teach vocabulary! Instead, teach PHRASES.